Well he lit you up
Like amber waves in his movie show
He fixed you up real good
Till I don't know you anymore
From ballet class to a lap dance
Straight to video
And the pool side news
Was that he would be
Launching you

[Chorus:]
Into every young man's
Bedroom - you gave it up
On Dvd and magazine
You gave it up
A private right of passage
You gave it up
To every boy's sweet dream
With their paper cuts

You said "he's got a
Healing machine
It glows in the dark
Glows in the dark:
You say "there's not a lot
Of me
Left anymore
Just leave it alone.
But if you're buy, and you have
The time, tell the Northern
Lights to keep shining - Lately it seems like they're drowning"

He cold light you up
And summon every swan
Or the Lakesie
Off to Cabo San Lucas
For some optical stimulus
Then you started to guess
There was someone else
Though his flint glass
Seeing all of you
Immersed in his sepia

[Chorus]

So I went by
Cause I had the time,
And told the Northern Lights
To keep shining
They told me to tell you
They're waving


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Amber Waves Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos

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    I'd really want to know what she means with 'told the Northern Lights to keep shining they told me to tell you - they're waving'.

    What does she mean with Northern lights in this context anyway?!

    Non June 04, 2003   Link

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